Senior Electrical Design Engineer - EPLAN & Panel Design

ARCA Consulting Ltd; Long Ashton; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCA Consulting Ltd is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer/Senior Electrical Design Engineer for a Bristol-based contract role. You will contribute hands-on to technically complex projects, delivering high-quality electrical design documentation and data to support design, manufacture, assembly and testing of control systems.

The role focuses on creating design outputs, managing documentation and collaborating with wider engineering teams, with on-site presence and remote support as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Electrical Design Engineer or Senior Electrical Design Engineer.
• Experience producing electrical drawings and technical documentation.
• Practical experience using EPLAN Electrical CAD.
• Experience creating electrical schematics, control panel layouts, cable schedules and harness drawings.
• Experience producing 3D representations of electrical control panels.
• Familiarity with Bills of Materials management.
• Understanding of electrical control panel design and related electrical systems.
• Ability to translate requirements into high-quality design outputs.
• Strong attention to detail and organized documentation management.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with wider engineering teams.
• Knowledge of EN60204, ISO12100, EMC, EN13849, NFPA79 and UL508A would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage electrical design documentation and engineering deliverables.
• Produce CDFs, GA drawings and sub-module schematics.
• Generate cable schedules and 3D digital twins of electrical control panels using EPLAN.
• Create detailed electrical harness drawings.
• Manage Bills of Materials within Arena PLM.
• Create build and test instructions within Polarion.
• Ensure documentation meets technical and operational requirements.
• Have documents reviewed by Lead Electrical Design Engineer before release.
• Support development, review and refinement of electrical designs through the project lifecycle.
• Provide input and support cross-functional engineering activities.
• Assist integration, build and commissioning activities as necessary.

Skills

Electrical design

EPLAN

Documentation

3D CAD

Data management

Tools

EPLAN Electrical CAD

Arena PLM

Polarion

Job description

ARCA Consulting Ltd is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer/Senior Electrical Design Engineer for a Bristol-based contract role. You will contribute hands-on to technically complex projects, delivering high-quality electrical design documentation and data to support design, manufacture, assembly and testing of control systems.

The role focuses on creating design outputs, managing documentation and collaborating with wider engineering teams, with on-site presence and remote support as needed.